New Concepts in Public Transport Information Systems

Abstract

Passenger Information Systems for Public Transport in urban areas have entered a new era, following the recent developments in information and communication technologies. As a result of research carried out in this respect, in the DRIVE I and ATT Programmes, new concepts for Public Transport Information Systems (PTIS) have resulted Many of them come from the CASSIOPE system, based on the design of a kernel data model and a common RDBMS appropriate for all functional domains The EUROBUS/POPINS terminals designed and developed for three European cities are also presented. Finally the likely impacts to Public Transport patronage are examined.